Long periods of peace and quiet favor certain optical illusions. Among them is the assumption that the invulnerability of the home is founded upon the Constitution and safe-guarded by it. In reality, it rests upon the father of the family who, accompanied by his sons, appears with an ax on the threshold of his dwelling. -- Ernst Junger

Of course, there is a political aspect to this, as the California Attorney General's office is involved, but it's nice to know someone is at least looking at this.

I'd still like to know just exactly how a company of HP's history and stature could allow themselves to ever get involved in something like this. One of the soon-to-be defendant's lawyers said that his guy did nothing wrong, but was acting "...to end an unprecedented and prolonged breach of fiduciary duties that was harming the company."

Maybe so, but I still think there were other ways than taking unethical and possibly illegal actions. Two wrongs don't make a right, as the old fellow used to say.